.jpg) Carl Yastrzemski (right) presenting his1970 MLB All-Star Game MVP trophy to U.S. PresidentRichard Nixon | |
| Sport | Baseball |
|---|---|
| League | Major League Baseball |
| Awarded for | Most outstanding player in theAll-Star Game |
| Sponsored by | Chevrolet |
| Presented by | Major League Baseball |
| History | |
| First award | 1962 |
| Most recent | Kyle Schwarber (2025) |
TheMajor League Baseball All-Star Game Most Valuable Player (MVP) is an annualMajor League Baseball (MLB) award that is presented to the most outstanding player in each year'sMLB All-Star Game. Awarded each season since 1962 (two games were held and an award was presented to each game winner in 1962), it was originally called theArch Ward Memorial Award in honor ofArch Ward, who conceived of the All-Star Game in 1933. The award's name was changed to theCommissioner's Trophy in 1970, but this name change was reversed in 1985 when theWorld Series Trophy was renamed theCommissioner's Trophy. Finally, the trophy was renamed theTed Williams Most Valuable Player Award in 2002, honoring formerBoston Red Sox playerTed Williams, who died earlier that year.[1] No award was presented for the2002 All-Star Game, which ended in a tie.[2] Thus, theAnaheim Angels'Garret Anderson was the first recipient of the re-named Ted Williams Award in2003. The award winner receives a glass bat engraved with their name and, due to an advertising agreement, aChevrolet car or truck.[3][4][5] Currently, the winner is chosen based on a vote, with 80 percent coming fromwriters and broadcasters on-site at the game and 20 percent from an online fan vote.[6]
As of 2025[update], NL players have won the award 30 times (including one award shared by two players), andAmerican League (AL) players have won 34 times.Baltimore Orioles players have won the most awards for a single franchise (with six); players from theCincinnati Reds,Los Angeles Dodgers andSan Francisco Giants are tied for the most in the NL with five each. Five players have won the award twice:Willie Mays (1963,1968),Steve Garvey (1974,1978),Gary Carter (1981,1984),Cal Ripken Jr. (1991,2001), andMike Trout (2014,2015, the only player to win the award in back-to-back years). The award has been shared by multiple players once;Bill Madlock andJon Matlack shared the award in1975.[7] Two players have won the award for a game in which their league lost:Brooks Robinson in1966 andCarl Yastrzemski in1970.[8][9] One pair of awardees were father and son (Ken Griffey Sr. andKen Griffey Jr.),[10] and another were brothers (Roberto Alomar andSandy Alomar Jr.).[11] Three players have won the MVP award at a game played in their home ballpark (Sandy Alomar Jr. in1997,Pedro Martínez in1999, andShane Bieber in2019).Derek Jeter is the only player to win the All-Star Game MVP andWorld Series MVP in the same season, doing so in 2000.
Among MVP winners who are no longer active players, only five won the award in what turned out to be their only All-Star Game appearance;LaMarr Hoyt,Bo Jackson,J. D. Drew,Melky Cabrera, andEric Hosmer. Five teams, theChicago White Sox,Detroit Tigers,Arizona Diamondbacks,St. Louis Cardinals, andWashington Nationals (excluding their predecessor, theMontreal Expos) have never had a player win the award.
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| Player(X) | Denotes winning player and number of times they had won the award at that point |
| † | Member of theNational Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum |
| ^ | Denotes player who is still active |
| * | Denotes year in which the award was shared |
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